Oi! Bent! No!
Marcus Bent. What can I say? Comedy name, son, but your last-minute equaliser for Everton against the clearly-superior-on-the-day Saints has robbed us of two desperately-needed points.
The run-in to the end of the season isn’t great:
- 22 February: West Brom (A)
- 26 February: Arsenal (H)
- 05 March: Tottenham (H)
- 19 March: Middlesbrough (A)
- 02 April: Chelsea (H)
- 09 April Blackburn (A)
- 16 April: Aston Villa (H)
- 19 April: Bolton (A)
- 24 April: Portsmouth (A)
- 30 April: Norwich (H)
- 07 May: Crystal Palace (A)
- 14 May: Man Utd (H)
You can write off the away games, probably, unless our form away from fortress St. Mary’s improves dramatically: we’ve had no away wins all season.
In the spirit of always looking on the bright side of life, though, I would offer these crumbs of comfort:
- We seem to raise our game against better teams. We played Everton off the park on Saturday, and destroyed Liverpool two weeks ago.
- We have still got to play West Brom, Norwich and Crystal Palace:
twothree six-pointers. - Paul Smith is clearly a competent replacement for the injured Antti Niemi.
- Erm, that’s it.
Keep your fingers crossed, Saints Fans, it’s gonna be one heck of a ride. Man Utd at home on the last day of the season? Somebody pass me the calming pills, please…